Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-06
NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
Arrangement Perfected for Fast Mail
Service Between the East and
the Southwest.
The Rock Upon Which the Conferees
On the Fertilization Appropriation
Bill Split.
Tho Ts xas Investigating Committee Takes
Further Testimony and A6journs
Without e Day.
FAST NAIL FOR THE SOUTHWEST,

FAST NAIL FOR THE SOUTHWEST,
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE Postmas-
| ter-General has made arrangements for
fast ma service between the east and
| the southwest. Heretofore fast mail
leaving New York at 7:30 D. N. has
arrived at ST. Louis by passenger train
the second morning in time to reach
Kansas City the second evening. By the
new arrangement special train of postal
cars Oh the PennSy lvania line will reach
| St. Luis at > :+5 &. m. and the mail will
! De transferred at once to 4 special train
! OF postal cars on the Missouri Pacific,
which will leave st. Louis st
, a. m, and arrive at Kansas City
at IL O'Clock in the morning. 1t is ex-
peCted that the outgoing morning trains
from Karsss City to Colorado, Mexico,
New Mexico, Arizona, Southern Cali
| fornia, Southern Kansas, Arkansas, the
Indian Territory, Texas and the south
west generally, and up the Missouri to
| Omaha, will delay their departure and
take the mail on the arrival of the fast
train at Kansas City. The value of the
change will be more apparent from no.
ticing the saving of time effected in the
| delivery of eastern mail at some of the
prominent points. At Sedalia and gener-
ally In Southwestern Missouri the gain is
! about eight hours, and at
Kansas City eight hours and half.
| Practically at these points the gain is a
! full business day, the mail arriving in the
morning instead of the evening. The
gain is also in effect day at st. Joseph,
AtChisOn, LeavenwOrth, Lawrence, To-
| peka and other towns of Eastern and
| SJuthea tern Kansas. The arrangement
also enables the transcOntinental mail iOr
Mexico and Southern California to secure
earlier connections, so that substantially
full days gain Of twentyfOur hours is
| secured ct Denver, Cheyenne, Laramie,
! Ogden, l., Paso, City of Mexico, San
Francisco, Southern California and the
offices on these lines. The new provision
will begin with train leaving New York
| on Saturday night, the l2th of March, and
| the service will be daily one.
| SPLIT IN THE FORTIFICATION BILL.
! WASHINGTON, March 5.-As explained
IL the Senate by Senator Dawes, the rock
upon which the cOnferees on the fortifca-
| ton bill finally split, was section eight of
! the bill prepared by the S nate conterees.
| This section authorizes the advisory
! board to make contracts with RESPONSE
! bic steel manufacturers for the supply Of
! 10, 900 tons of gun steel subject to tests
and inspection at every stage, and appro-
priated $4,000 900 for its purchase.
A corresponding provision made by
/ the House conferees was contained in sec
! ton nine of their bill. This section
| appropriated like sum of S6,000,000 for
the purchase of steel, but with the pro-
viso that only so much should be accepted
as would suffice for the fabrication of
| three gul of eight, ten and twelve inch
calibers. Those guns were to be tested
| by requiring them to endure 200 dis
charges in period of time ranging from
eighty to one hundred and twenty min
utes. If they failed to pass these tests
! then no more of the appropriation was to
! become available for the purchase OF
steel The objection Of the Senate con-
ferees to this provlso WAS that it would
result in leaving the country without
guns for many years to come, as it would
take at least three or four years to finish
and test specimen guns, and in event of
their success as many additional years to
| procure others of the same types.
THE TEXAS INVESTIGATION.
WASHING TON, March 5.-rhe Texas in
yestigation committee resumed its inquiry
this afternoon. W S. Buster, white, pO-
liceman of Brennan, and r. P. Hack
worth, brother of the memorialist,
were recalled in rebuttal. They
testified of their own knowledge
that it was untrue as had been stated in
the evidence that Hackworth (the memo
rialist,) had defrauded his brothers.
widow out of her insurance money. As
q matter Of fact said insurance Of the
dead brother had lapsed in default Of
assessments, and nothing was collected
or due. Copies of the statutes of Texas
with regard to interference with the
| ballot boxes were submitted aud put in
the evidence, the purpose being to show
! that under the Republican edministra-
ton such acts were made 1elonies while
under the Democrats they were only
misdemeanOrs.
o. B. Potter, white, Republican, was
recalled, and denied that be ever advised
the negroes to arm and resist the whites.
| He had published q card denying the
charge. He ridicuIed the idea of negro
uprising. In fact it was difficult to get =
Gegro to stick his head out Of his caDIn.
| They were too badly scared.
! Joseph Hoffman, County Assessor, Re
publican, was recalled. He testified in
regard 20 the value Of property owned
~ Moore, memorialist, and sacri-
feed by him. He was pos
sessed CT valuable property. Moore
was man Of standing, having been High
Priest and several times Master of his
| lodge Of Masons, aud chief OF the fire
department Schultz, a memoIislist,
stood well with the Germans Both Moore
! aud Schulz were received in gOoC society
, until they were OstTacised in consequence
Of their politics. Their property was
assessed at about half It's m8rk-t v4Iue.
! Paul Fricke, white, was called. He said
the alleged meeting of ColOred men at his
Office at which it was agreed 10 kill GER
tam other colOred men was news 10 him.
H had never heard Of il until it was tes'
TIFF d TO in Washington.
n. L. Dever, Sheriff OF Washington
county, testified that he went with d
posse Of dozen men, in response to g
summons telegraph from Graball, to
afford protection against possible in.
surrection. He met armed men on the
way who had come out for q
like purpose, and who Joined him
The next day the negroes arrested
for accessories to the murder Of
Bolton were removed to Houston in con.
sequence of the fear that they would be
lynched. The witness himself did moi
think there was any danger and was moi
present when the prisoners were sem
away. The witness had left military
company to guard the Jail,
t Charles Bauer, white, a merchant, wa
called. He testified to the good standing